The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
LARRY BIRDDon’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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I like being by myself.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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